New Delhi : Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi today said that there was an ideological fight going on in the country between the Congress and the BJP. He said, while the Congress was for the constitution, harmony, brotherhood and love, the BJP was spreading hatred and fear in the country.
Addressing an impressive public meeting at Madipur here this evening, Gandhi also took on the Aam Aadmi Party leadership including Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia, saying that they had committed the biggest liquor scam and indulged in corruption. He reminded people how Kejriwal landed in the parking of the Sheesh Mahal, while traveling in a small Wagon-R car.
The senior Congress leader appealed to people to vote for and support the Congress, reminding them of the glorious era of progress and development under Sheila Dikshit’s rule. He said, all the infrastructure that Ms Dikshit had created in Delhi has been destroyed by the AAP government.
Accusing the BJP government of spreading hatred and violence in the country, he asserted that their purpose was to divert public attention from the pressing issues like unemployment and rising prices. He said, even the media did not talk about such issues.
Gandhi called for representation with participation and power to the marginalised people including the Dalits, the Backwards, the tribal people and the minorities. He said, despite constituting about 90 percent of the country’s population, their say in the decision-making was just about 6 percent.
Referring to the AAP, he displayed a poster of the party, where there were the photographs of nine leaders being described as “9-rattan” (nine jewels). He pointed out, of these “nine-jewels”, there was not a single person from the Dalit, the Backward, the Adivasi or the minority community. He said the AAP was also a party of just a small minority of 2-3 percent people.
The Leader of Opposition stated that both Modi and Kejriwal only lied to people and made false promises. He referred to Kejriwal’s promises made five years ago, like cleaning the Yamuna river. He said, now Kejriwal was accusing others of polluting the Yamuna water, while the truth is that it was his responsibility.
He told people that he and the Congress party makes promises about only those things, which it believes it can do. He cited past examples where the Congress party made promises and fulfilled each one of them like the MGNREGA, Food Security Act, to name just a few.
IN the same context, Rahul Gandhi said, the Congress has promised to make direct payment to women in Delhi and provide cooking gas on subsidised prices, once the party government is formed in the national capital. He appealed to the people to vote for Congress candidates in the Assembly elections.
